[SBB] No Bonfante hummer

["Steve and Heather Rottenborn" <[[email protected]]>]

South Bay Birders,

I contacted the birder who reported a large hummingbird with blue on the 
head to the Monterey Bay Birds list, obtained the precise location of the 
bird, and visited Bonfante Gardens this morning to see if I could find it. 
I arrived shortly after the 10:00 a.m. park opening, and there were very few 
people in the area near the ballon ride where the bird had been seen.  The 
flowering shrubs (tube-shaped heath-like flowers, peely red bark) in this 
area had about 10 Anna's Hummingbirds, but I saw or heard no other 
hummingbird species.

Returning home through the San Martin area, I counted 21 Eurasian 
Collared-Doves; these are derived from local releases.

Our hummingbird feeders still have 4-5 Rufous/Allen's hummingbirds.

Steve Rottenborn
Morgan Hill, CA 


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